Nathan Daniel Missen, 28, pleads guilty to the murder of his father Mark Missen at the home the men shared in 2016. The court hears Nathan threw his father against the fridge and then stomped on his head and neck, causing a fractured skull and jaw.

A man accused of murdering a trucking-company boss in Adelaide's north tells a jury he was acting in self-defence, striking the victim with a two-kilogram spanner, alleging the victim had first hit him with the same weapon.

The mother of murdered Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley says life will never be the same again, as police reveal a search of Lake Placid and Caravonica west of Cairns in far north Queensland has led to the discovery of items of interest.

Jenny Leong launches a case against NSW Police after an officer allegedly posted offensive references to her race and ethnic background on social media, saying the public needs to be assured the force takes racism seriously.

Justice could be reduced to a "measurement of metrics" under an Opposition plan to publish the sentencing records of judges and magistrates online, Victorian lawyers warn, but the Coalition says the public should be able to better scrutinise sentences.

During the original investigation and in a recent interview with Sergeant Hardham, Kouzmine's then-wife, Ludmilla Kouzmina, said her husband was at home with her at the time of the murder in July 2000. But in an interview with ABC journalist Mark Willacy, she revealed she now cannot remember.